Ep. 33: Spey Fishing with Pro Guide Brian Niska

2020-10-27

In this episode of The Silvercore Podcast, Travis speaks with Brian Niska of Skeena Spey Riverside Wilderness Lodge in Terrace, BC. Brian is a fishing guide, certified fishing instructor and designated master castor and designer of the Metal Detector series of Pieroway rods. If you have a story that would be of value to the Silvercore audience, or know someone who does, email us at podcast@silvercore.ca. We would love to hear from you! Topics discussed in this episode: Intro [00:00:00 - 00:...

If you have a story that would be of value to the Silvercore audience, or know someone who does, email us at podcast@silvercore.ca. We would love to hear from you!

Topics discussed in this episode:

Intro [00:00:00 - 00:01:22]
Brian’s passion for fishing & experiences as a kid [00:01:22 - 00:02:24]
Master Castor Instructor Certification & guiding in Chile [00:02:24 - 00:06:35]
Fly fishing, trolling & spey casting [00:06:35 - 00:08:56]
Getting into spey fishing & equipment [00:08:56 - 00:12:39]
Different types of people that fly fish [00:12:39 - 00:19:00]
Pieroway Rods, other gear & trademarking the letter ‘X’ [00:19:00 - 00:27:09]
Brian’s influence on spey casting & best fly fisheries in the world [00:27:09 - 00:29:37]
Brians passion for fishing & building a business our of his passion of fishing [00:29:37 - 00:35:40]
Fishing seasons around BC [00:35:40 - 00:37:56]
Spey casting for pink salmon on the Fraser [00:37:56 - 00:39:08]
Fishing Etiquette [00:39:08 - 00:46:52]
Outro [00:46:52 - 00:47:23]

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Skeena Spey Riverside Wilderness Lodge [00:00:54]
Metal Detector series [00:01:04] [00:22:49] [00:25:20]
Pieroway Rods [00:01:05] [00:19:02] [00:19:07] [00:19:08] [00:25:28] [00:26:10] [00:26:18]
DeBoville Slough [00:02:07]
Pitt River [00:02:12]
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Pete Caverhill [00:03:23]
Kingdome [00:04:28] [00:04:33] [00:04:34] [00:06:05]
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Bruce and Walker [00:05:03]
Walt Powell [00:05:07]
Harry Briscoe [00:05:15]
Mike & Denise Maxwell [00:05:56] [00:05:57]
Bonaparte Lake [00:06:40] [00:12:43]
Pennask Lake [00:07:22]
Bow River [00:19:53] [00:26:19]
X-Series [00:25:26]
Sage Fly Fishing [00:25:29]
Renegade series [00:25:58]
Jerry French [00:25:59]
Skagit Guides [00:26:02]
Copper River [00:29:00]
Nicklaus North [00:29:58]
Squamish system [00:36:01]
Fraser Valley Tributaries [00:36:11]
Vedder River [00:36:15] [00:41:08]
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Bulkley River [00:37:17] [00:37:28]
Mamquam River [00:38:34]